‘America Was Never Great’: Home Depot Employee’s Hat Results in Death Threats

A cashier from Staten Island’s Home Depot was photographed wearing a custom-made hat with the phrase “America Was Never Great,” drawing the ire of the social media world, resulting in angry responses and even racist comments and death threats.

Krystal Lake, 22, of St. George wore the controversial hat while at work on May 14. Someone took a picture of her behind the register and posted it onto social media outlets.

Unbeknownst to Lake, the picture went viral, and she started receiving tweets, messages, and calls from her friends about the hat. She said she also began to get messages that were racist and threatening. She has since defended herself, saying she doesn’t hate America:

“For the past two months, there have been a few people I work with wearing ‘Vote for Trump’ pins on their uniforms,” she said. “But no one ever says anything to them.”

Lake said that she would “definitely” wear the hat again, and that the message got Trump supporters in Staten Island angry.

“I feel it offended a lot of people because a lot of Trump supporters live in Staten Island,” she said. “Trump is very rash and in your face, but when someone else has a message against him, his supporters can’t take the criticisms.”

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